Endoscopic and radiologic studies are frequently required in inflammatory bowel disease to determine disease activity, extent of disease, and delineating type. Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose to identify metabo...
Endoscopic and radiologic studies are frequently required in inflammatory bowel disease to determine disease activity, extent of disease, and delineating type. Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose to identify metabolically active tissues may offer a simple noninvasive alternative to conventional studies in identification and localization of active intestinal inflammation with inflammatory bowel disease. Crohn`s disease can also be detected by PET-CT. In this case, we discribe a small bowel Crohn`s disease with PET-CT finding. There was intensely increased fluorine-18-fluoro-deoxyglucose uptake in terminal ileum area. (Intestinal Research 2006;4:57-60)